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Dr. Peter Boumgarden

Peter Boumgarden joined the Department of Economics and Business faculty in 2010.
He teaches management theory, marketing management and management research.

Peter is also a faculty affiliate at the William Davidson Institute at the University
of Michigan’s Ross Business School, a center on business in emerging markets. In 2015,
he was selected as an entrepreneurial mentor with the National Science Foundation’s
iCorp program, which brings potential high-impact technology from the university to
market.

He is currently engaged in a project analyzing early-stage investment strategies in
the venture capital industry, specifically exploring how firms seek to more efficiently
identify market-disrupting value propositions in the immediate industry and beyond.

His academic work has been published in Organization Science and Strategic Management Journal, among others. In addition to his academic research, Peter serves or has served on
the board of several nonprofits in the West Michigan area.

Areas of Expertise

Organizational structure and innovation — Explores the link between the formal organizational structure and its outcomes
like innovation and efficiency, and the trade-offs across these organizational values

Networks and entrepreneurship — Looks at the role of start-up ecosystems, the networks between firms and how these
enable or constrain the development of good ideas

Groups and teams — Seeks to understand the ideal form of structural composition (e.g., formalization,
specialization, hierarchy) as related to team performance, most often on high-performance
innovative team environments

Education

Ph.D., organizational behavior and strategy, Washington University in St. Louis (Olin
Business School), 2010

MSBA, organizational behavior and strategy, Washington University in St. Louis (Olin
Business School), 2008

B.A., business and communications, Calvin College, 2005

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation, iCorp Entrepreneurial Mentor, 2015

Washington University in St. Louis, Moog Scholar for excellence in research by PhD
candidate, 2009–2010